Sentences with phrase «pit bull bites»

The number of reported pit bull bites has not risen above the single digits since 2011.

This is a «dog bites man» story in the form of «pit bull bites man».

In cases like these, an experienced pit bull bite lawyer can work with you to obtain the compensation your injury deserves.

In August 2009, Rodney Taylor, associate director of the county's Animal Management Group, said that the number of pit bull biting incidents has fallen:

With all of these statistics under your belt, it is important not to minimize pit bull bite incidences, but it is crucial to also draw attention to the fact that there are a some mitigating circumstances in these bite statistics.

Pit bulls bite without warning.

Read more: Pembroke man charged under the Ontario SPCA Act, after allegedly punching and biting a pit bull

In the past, the media's disproportionate attention to stories citing pit bull bites and the inaccurate reporting of events involving pit bull type dogs led to multiple states enacting BSL or BDL.

Animal - control records show that less than a week before the poodle was killed, another neighbor reported that one of Amende's female pit bulls bit the neighbor's 10 - year - old Rottweiler - Labrador retriever mix.

What is not noted in the claimed Pit Bull bites is whether these were true purebreds Pit Bulls or whether others known as «Pit Bull Types» were also included in the Pit Bull stats.

After the meeting advocate April Fahr was quoted in the news saying, «We also have to ask ourselves, well, six per cent of pit bull bites occurred in Burnaby over the last ten years — what are we doing about that other 94 per cent of bites?

When Pit Bull bites decreased, media then shifted their focus to mixed breed dogs that resembled Pit Bulls.

Councilwoman Rhonda Capron said with fewer pit bulls in Sioux City, the lower reports of pit bull bites make sense.

The article states, «Pit Bulls bite with greater force than most dogs (up to 1,800 lb / in2).

DOG BITES MAN isn't news, they say, but PIT BULL BITES MAN is.

If the breed of dog was the primary determining factor in all dog attacks, it would stand to reason that since there are literally hundreds of thousands of pit bulls in the United States alone, there would be countless more statistics on pit bull bites.

Records at the Salina Animal Shelter indicate there were 24 reported pit bull bites in 2003 and 2004, and only five since — none from 2009 to present.

It is possible however to become a proponent for pit bull terriers while also respecting incidences of pit bull bites.

But because of people like you everytime a pit bull bites another dog or scratches a child when they are playing it will be front page on the next days paper and the dog will be put down because its a «menace to society», but the chihuahua that mauls a toddler that was pulling on its ears will be considered an anomaly and might be featured on page 5 as an «accident» and the dog will be adopted out to a family after being told that it doesn't do well aroubd kids.

According to county statistics, 36 pit bull bites, out of 619 total dog bites, were recorded in 2008, down from 95 pit bull bites, out of a total of 853, in 1996.»

On Tuesday, a man in Queens suffered a fatal heart attack after a pit bull bite.

A pit bull bit a waitress Saturday evening at an Outback Steakhouse in Oviedo, WKMG - Channel 6 is reporting.

From the abstract: «Pit bull bites were implicated in half of all surgeries performed and over 2.5 times as likely to bite in multiple anatomic locations as compared to other breeds.»

The ruling stemmed from a case in which a dog identified by the court as a pit bull bit and badly injured a child.

Not once did the pit bull bite nip attack my sister.

Further, in the case of Tellings v. City of Toledo (2004), the Court found that there is no statistical evidence which indicates that the pit bull bites more frequently than some other breeds of dogs.

Dogs of all breeds and mixes bite and attack people all the time, but it is mainly the Pit Bull bites that get sensationalized.

«Communities with a lot of pit bull bites are communities with a lot of pit bulls.»

Many times, when you read about a pit bull biting a human, it is because the human gets in the way of keeping the dog from biting or attacking another dog.

It's an argument Lefkowitz counters with statistics: «You have to wonder why the German shepherd bites are going down at almost exactly the same rate as the pit bull bites,» she says.

People look at the breed and not the species, then attribute all sorts of negative behaviors to the entire breed — pit bulls are vicious, they can't be trusted around children, every pit bull bites eventually, and so on.

However, I will also tell you that as the mother of a pit bull bite victim, and the owner of a dog that was mauled to death by one in an unprovoked attack while my dog was on leash in my daughter's arms, this breed needs to be controlled.